Schwannomas are benign tumours derived from Schwann cells of the peripheral nerve sheaths. A schwannoma arising in the external auditory canal (EAC) is rare, with few cases reported in the literature.

40 years ago a literature review (Cope, 1979) asked whether musical hallucinations could be an otological phenomenon. Otological phenomena are the manifestations of the human sound processing system, ...

The cochlear nerve, also known as the acoustic or auditory nerve, is the cranial nerve responsible for hearing. It travels from the cochlea in the inner ear to the brainstem as part of the eighth ...

Objective: To investigate ear canal microflora’s structure, composition and function in patients with chronic bacterial otitis externa. Methods: A case-control study design method was used to collect ...